| CREPOLINE | • crepoline n. A sheer fabric of silk or cotton, woven to have a slightly ribbed, crepe-like effect. • CREPOLINE n. a light crapelike dress silk or nylon. |
| DEPLETION | • depletion n. The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion. • depletion n. The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. • depletion n. (Medicine, archaic) The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction… |
| DIPLOTENE | • diplotene n. (Biology) The fourth stage of prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosome pairs begin to… • DIPLOTENE n. the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis, in which the chromosomes clearly double. |
| DONEPEZIL | • donepezil n. (Pharmacology) A drug taken orally in the form of its hydrochloride C24H29NO3·HCl to treat dementia… • DONEPEZIL n. a drug used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. |
| ENOPHILES | • enophiles n. Plural of enophile. • ENOPHILE n. a wine connoisseur, also OENOPHILE, OENOPHIL. |
| EXPONIBLE | • exponible adj. Able to be, or requiring to be, explained. • EXPONIBLE adj. capable of being explained. |
| INTERLOPE | • interlope v. To intrude, meddle, or trespass in others’ affairs. • INTERLOPE v. to intrude; to traffic without a licence. |
| NEOPHILES | • neophiles n. Plural of neophile. • NEOPHILE n. one who loves novelty. |
| OENOPHILE | • oenophile n. A person who has a fondness or appreciation for wine. • œnophile n. Obsolete form of oenophile. • OENOPHILE n. a wine connoisseur, also ENOPHILE, OENOPHIL. |
| PEMOLINES | • pemolines n. Plural of pemoline. • PEMOLINE n. a white crystalline powder used to stimulate the central nervous system. |
| PLEIOCENE | • Pleiocene adj. Alternative form of Pliocene. • Pleiocene prop.n. Alternative form of Pliocene. • PLEIOCENE adj. of the Pliocene geological time period, also PLIOCENE. |
| PLENIPOES | • plenipoes n. Plural of plenipo. • PLENIPO n. (archaic) a plenipotentiary, an envoy having full power. |
| PLEONEXIA | • pleonexia n. Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods. • PLEONEXIA n. excessive or insatiable covetousness. |
| POINTELLE | • pointelle n. A type of knit fabric that contains a pattern of open spaces. • POINTELLE n. (French) an openwork design, as in knitted fabric. |
| POLICEMEN | • policemen n. Plural of policeman. • police␣men n. Plural of police man (alternative form of policemen). • POLICEMAN n. a man who is a member of a police force. |
| POLVERINE | • polverine n. (Uncountable) Glassmaker’s ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used… • polverine n. (Countable) A tiny biting insect found in South America. • POLVERINE n. (obsolete) barilla ash, used in glassmaking, also PULVERINE. |
| REPLETION | • repletion n. The condition of being replete; fullness. • repletion n. (Medicine, archaic) Plethora of the blood. • REPLETION n. the state of being replete. |
| TELEPOINT | • telepoint n. A base station to which users of early mobile phones could connect in order to place (but not receive) calls. • TELEPOINT n. a device located in a public place that activates cordless phones. |
| TERPINEOL | • terpineol n. (Organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric monoterpenoid alcohols found in the essential oil of pine and other trees. • TERPINEOL n. a terpene alcohol used as a perfume base, also TERPINOL. |
| XENOPHILE | • xenophile n. A person who has a love of foreign people and culture. • xenophile n. A person with an interest in celebrating people’s differences. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • XENOPHILE n. one who loves foreigners. |